EP 1203425 A1 20020508 - INTELLIGENT IDENTIFIABLE CONNECTORS
Title (en)
INTELLIGENT IDENTIFIABLE CONNECTORS
Title (de)
INTELLIGENTE ERKENNBARE VERBINDER
Title (fr)
CONNECTEURS RECONNAISSABLES ET INTELLIGENTS
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0019490 W 20000714
- US 35620799 A 19990716
Abstract (en)
[origin: US6368155B1] A connector that is particularly suitable for use in high speed data transmission is provided in the form of a plug connector that may be terminated to the end of a high speed cable. The connector has a plurality of terminals for terminating to respective signal wires, ground wires and power wires of the cable, and also has an additional terminal that serves to detect and identify status information about the cable to circuits on a circuit board to which the cable is connected thorough the plug connector and a mating receptacle connector. This detection terminal is shorted to another terminal of the connector, preferably a power ground, or return, terminal. The shorting is done with an electronic component that modifies the voltage passing from the shorted terminal through the detection terminal. The modified voltage may be easily read on the circuit board to determine the status of the cable (such as the speed of the cable) or an electronic device attached thereto.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 13/641 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 13/68 (2011.01); H01R 13/70 (2006.01); H01R 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
H01R 12/7076 (2013.01 - EP US); H01R 12/71 (2013.01 - KR); H01R 13/66 (2013.01 - US); H01R 13/6616 (2013.01 - EP US); H01R 13/6625 (2013.01 - EP US); H01R 13/68 (2013.01 - EP US); H01R 13/70 (2013.01 - EP US); H01R 24/60 (2013.01 - EP); Y10S 439/955 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0106603 A1 20010125; AT E292849 T1 20050415; AU 6107700 A 20010205; CN 1375120 A 20021016; DE 60019297 D1 20050512; DE 60019297 T2 20060223; EP 1203425 A1 20020508; EP 1203425 B1 20050406; JP 2003505827 A 20030212; JP 3587193 B2 20041110; KR 100456489 B1 20041110; KR 20020022086 A 20020323; TW 515598 U 20021221; US 6368155 B1 20020409
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0019490 W 20000714; AT 00947477 T 20000714; AU 6107700 A 20000714; CN 00813034 A 20000714; DE 60019297 T 20000714; EP 00947477 A 20000714; JP 2001510947 A 20000714; KR 20027000626 A 20020116; TW 89212192 U 20000714; US 35620799 A 19990716